Brave

Written By Anne Ballard | Oct 30, 2016

Brave is defined as 'possessing or exhibiting courage or courageous endurance.' I love it that right now songs like 'You Make Me Brave' and 'Oceans' are topping the worship hit lists and set lists. They have lyrics like:

You call me out beyond the shore into the wavesYou make me braveYou make me braveNo fear can hinder now the love that made a way

or

You call me out upon the watersThe great unknown, where feet may failAnd there I find You in the mysteryIn oceans deep, my faith will stand

Especially now, there is something on this thing called courage, or being brave. What does it mean? I think being brave looks like facing your fears, but in not so obvious ways like talking to the cute guy in line at Starbucks, paying your electric bill when you don't know where the money for groceries will come from, and quitting your job to start your own business. For a long time words like 'brave' have cultivated an image of William Wallace on the battlefield laying siege to his enemies, when the reality is that for most of us, we don't have opportunities to wage war quite like that. We do have a chance to be powerful people and use brave communication-expressing our needs and desires for our relationships, be that a work colleague or a romantic interest. We do have a chance to ask God what He's up to and partner with Him. We do have a chance every single day to put our faith in God's promises to us, whether that is that He will provide for us, or something more specific like heal our loved one. The reality is that we all were created to be brave. We have what it takes to step out. Take a step today.